Mohave County miner., 1887-01-16
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Msn might wrssa Tor 100 yssrs ef The
curious phases a war, and stili leave
ths subject fresk. War h . lcttery, and
the priNss are shot shall wcunds and
DEATH Teas of thousands ok men served
four yssss ir The lass war and returned
honie. in 1000 cases recruits wers
killed w4hin twssuty-four hours aft9r
reaching the front. Wars missiles ars
no rcspecters Of persons, and the soldier
who fights an I'll days battle without
receiving q wound may be killed III Ills
tent at night BY TIM accidental discAargs
Of musket 81
Al the battle of Franklin tiss first
shell Aent from the first held piece 10
open fire killed twcnty-six Confsdsrstes.
The next five Efslls from ths sAms gun
either. .faiisd 70 sxpisde or cleared the
sdvaneing lines. Tn this sanss fixist, the
loxe Of 3 Confsierstc colonel was cus
square In two BY q shot. snd the rider
escaped unhnrt Ten minutes aftsr q
Union officer bshind the bsssstworks
stumblsd and fell forward on the
ground, breaking his neck.
In one OF tbs assaults On Fsrt Wagper.
In Charleston haSbor. the irunrclad feet.
assisted BY land batteries Numbering
twsnty-ssyen heavy cannon, bonbarsIsd
the fort for two hours before killing =
single soldier. From seventy 10 eighty
heavy cannon were hurting three tons Of
iron into the fort each minute, and yet
no ono WINS hurt until over eco tons Of
solid death" had tecn wasted. Al an
ofIstt 10 this. witness The work OF single
solid shot thrown from Federal gun
boas on tho lower ylississippi. A Con-
fedcrnte flying battery was just taking
position. and 0he piece had already
0peised Gre. The Fssleral shot was aimed
ss this piece. The big mass Of iron
struck the six-pounder square ON the
musszlc and upsst gun and carriage. A
piece Of the nnrzEle, weighing about
twenty pounds, was broken, and this
flew 90 the lift and killed two men.
Three men were hurt by smaller frag-
ments or flying splin.crx. The big shot
next struck and exploded caissoI,, kill
ing xhree men and wounding two others.
Frora the caisson IL turned 70 the right
killed o horse, smashed awheel OF Q
field-piece, and cr,,shed tbs leg Of q
sergeant TO . bloody mass. That ons
shot 10 disorganized the battery that it
limbsred mp and wheeled away 70 cover.
While heavy ordnance Is necessary IN
reducing forts and eaTthworks, it n
doubtful u there war any profit In the
work OF the big guns carried By tbs iron
clads on the rivers. When McC5eIlka
fsll back he had the cover Of gun bcata
and some writer's have claimed tlat their
FIRE Gsved his army frofn capture 81
far aa the Confederacy records show.
The loss BY the hundreds Of snosnnous
shells thrown. over the heads Of ous
troops into th4 woods by these great All
non amounted t@a1nqpsore Than 100 me-.
They were . new thing Then, and tire
effect Of the awfnl crash and terrific ex-
plosicu on the narn WIS dsmoratizing on
the troops 10 line.
A Union gunboat ON the White river
threw three shells into . ConfedcTate
camp, killed nearly fifty men, and routed
. force Of 800. Within week after
that event tho Ccnfetiersts Gen. Shelly
plantcd four pieces Of flying artillery on
the lsvee. within 400 feet OF the same
gunboat at anchor, and without the
least cover for men or guns kept up the
6ght Tor over an hour, or until the gun
boat backed out OF IL and steamed
away.
The chances In . lottery can be figured
down fine, nnd certain percentage Of
escapes is allowed In steamboat explo-
sion; but he who goes 10 war has moth
ing to console him. He may dodge o
200-pound shell and be killed by two
bucksl,ot. He may receive dozen bull
lets and live on, or the first may be fat
tai. lie may ride In the widest charge
unliurt, and be may be killed by stray
bullet around his camp fire. Army Bui.
letin.